Sources: Leeds United to listen to offers for Robin Koch as transfer plan revealed

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05 Apr 2022, 2:00 am

Leeds United will listen to offers for Robin Koch this summer as they plot an overhaul of their defence, Football Insider understands.

United are in the market for a new centre-back after shipping 68 goals from 31 Premier League matches this term, the worst record in the division.

A Leeds source has told Football Insider that the club are willing to listen to bids for Koch and sell at a loss.

It is said that a fee of around £10-11million will be enough to seal a deal for the defender.

Koch has struggled to establish himself at Elland Road during his two years at the club.

Signed from Freiburg in the summer of 2020 in a deal worth £13m, he began last season in the starting XI and made 11 consecutive Premier League starts before suffering a knee injury that ruled him out until early March 2021.

Koch has been a bit-part player since his return to full fitness a year ago.

He has made 11 Premier League starts among 14 appearances this season but they have mostly come as a defensive midfielder rather than at centre-back.

Diego Llorente and fit-again skipper Liam Cooper are regarded as the first choice central defensive pair, with Pascal Struijk next in line,

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